kaşık
noun B2- spoon, a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, used for eating or serving
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe k of kaşık becomes ğ before a vowel: kaşığım. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The k of kaşık becomes ğ before a vowel: kaşığında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kaşığında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of kaşık becomes ğ before a vowel: kaşığıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kaşığıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Phrases
From the library
Aştan kalanın kaşığı kırılsın.
Daha fazla istemeyen misafir, kaşığını bardağın üstüne koyar.
A guest who doesn't want any more puts their spoon on top of the glass.
Anneanne başını salladı, “ Evet, bir kaşığa kırk tane sığmalı.”
Grandma nodded her head, "Yes, forty pieces must fit in one spoon!"
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